By Masoka Dube Thulani Vuma, who lives in Sabie in Mpumalanga, cannot continue with his studies because he does not have an identity document. Even though he was born in the country 22 years ago, to a Mozambican mother and […]
Members of the Liberian House of Representatives on Thursday, November 11, passed into law an act to amend the country’s Alien and Nationality Law. The Act, which was co-sponsored by 30 lawmakers from the House of Representatives, was submitted by […]
Observations finales sur le cinquième rapport périodique de l’Afrique du Sud CEDAW/C/ZAF/CO/5 Nationalité Le Comité prend note de la déclaration de la délégation au cours du dialogue, selon laquelle l’État partie a lancé un projet d’enregistrement des naissances afin de […]
Une campagne menée par la République du Congo et le HCR fournit des actes de naissance à des milliers de Congolais confrontés au risque d’apatridie, notamment des autochtones. Par Hélène Caux à Djambala, République du Congo Marie ne connaît pas […]
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has granted leave to Kibanda South MP, Jacob Karubanga to introduce a Private Member’s Bill entitled, the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, seeking to recognise five indigenous communities. The Bill when introduced seeks to amend […]
By Carmel Rickard Twenty years is a lifetime in the law, especially when outdated laws and legal concepts have to be re-considered in the light of modern constitutional principles. That’s one reason that a notice of appeal, filed by the […]
By Fidelis Munyoro The High Court decision giving fathers of children born out of wedlock a legal right to acquire birth certificates for their children where the mothers cannot be found or become unavailable to do this, has been welcomed […]
By Murphy Nganga Cape Town – With little to no right at all, the plight for citizenship by naturalisation in South Africa continues to drive vulnerable youths to the margins of society despite the Constitutional Court’s ruling in the matter […]
The home affairs ministry will appeal a recent High Court ruling which declared the son of a same-sex couple born via surrogacy a Namibian citizen by descent in the Supreme Court. « After studying the said reasons, we have decided to […]
On 16 February 2008, Ugandan authorities forcibly evicted 178 Indigenous Benet families from Benet forest, Mount Elgon, Sebei region (Bukwo and Kween districts), in eastern Uganda, rendering them homeless. Over a decade later, when Amnesty International visited Mount Elgon, members […]
Le Réseau des professionnels des médias pour la lutte contre l’apatridie (REPMA) a annoncé le démarrage, dans les jours à venir, d’une campagne de sensibilisation. Le but est d’accentuer la lutte contre l’apatridie en Côte d’Ivoire qui enregistre près de […]
Le terme apatride désigne une personne qui n’a la nationalité d’aucun pays. Ils sont plus d’un million à être dans ce cas en Afrique de l’Ouest et à vivre ainsi sans identité légale. Aujourd’hui, alors qu’il y a eu une réelle prise de conscience […]